J.G. Thirlwell

J.G. Thirlwell

Birthday: 1960-01-29

Place of Birth: Melbourne, Australia

Biography: James George Thirlwell – also known as J.G. Thirlwell, Clint Ruin, Frank Want, and Foetus, among other names, is an Australian singer, composer, and record producer. He is known for juxtaposing a variety of different musical styles.

Movies

Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt

Follows the story of the groundbreaking Texas-based art-punk band founded by frontman Gibby Haynes a...

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Don't Bring A Dog
Don't Bring A Dog

Don't Bring A Dog shows a part of the New York underground music scene - rooted in the early eightie...

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Submit to Me
Submit to Me

Cinema of Transgression pioneers and participants (Lydia Lunch, Lung Leg, Nick Zedd, etc.) perform a...

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Submit to Me Now
Submit to Me Now

Oddballs dancing, leering at camera, guy shaving a nontraditional part of his body and man ripping h...

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Male
Male

A live recording of Foetus' November 1990 performance in Manhattan's CBGB nightclub. It was released...

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The Hardcore Collection
The Hardcore Collection

This DVD features 13 provocative short films by Richard Kern. Color & B&W film shorts with Lydia Lun...

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Scala!!!
Scala!!!

This feature-length big screen documentary tells the riotous inside story of the infamous sex, drugs...

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The Sound of Progress
The Sound of Progress

This documentary shows the mindset of the some of the most original and influential artists of the e...

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NYC Foetus
NYC Foetus

A documentary about composer/producer/performer JG Thirlwell and his musical alter-egos, including F...

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Swans: Where Does a Body End?
Swans: Where Does a Body End?

From their roots as a brutal, confrontational industrial band, through breakups and chaos, to their ...

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Blank City
Blank City

In the years before Ronald Reagan took office, Manhattan was in ruins. But true art has never come f...

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The Right Side of My Brain
The Right Side of My Brain

Lydia Lunch and Richard Kern's first collaborative effort, The Right Side of My Brain, is a glimpse ...

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D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist
D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist

This documentary features interviews with Ian MacKaye (Fugazi), J Mascis (Dinosaur jr.), John John J...

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Kill Your Idols: More.
Kill Your Idols: More.

A full-length feature documentary produced in 2006 which serves as a companion piece to and is inclu...

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Kill Your Idols
Kill Your Idols

A 2004 documentary on thirty years of alternative rock 'n roll in NYC.Documenting the history from t...

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What You Could Not Visualise
What You Could Not Visualise

Rema-Rema were a short-lived and resounding shooting star in the London post-punk scene of the late ...

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